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The Discovery of Interstellar Hydrogen
Lecture no. 4 from the course: Radio Astronomy: Observing the Invisible Universe
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Taught by Professor Felix J. Lockman | 27 min | Categories: Science
Not long after the birth of radio astronomy, a Dutch student used what was then known about the physics of atoms to determine that if hydrogen existed in interstellar space, it would produce a specific spectral line at radio wavelengths. In 1951, the line was detected at 21 cm, exactly as predicted. At that moment, our understanding of the universe forever changed....
25 Lectures
1
Radio Astronomy and the Invisible Universe
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of 31 min
2
Thermal Radio Emission: The Planets
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of 29 min
3
The Birth of Radio Astronomy
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of 30 min
4
The Discovery of Interstellar Hydrogen
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of 27 min
5
Radio Telescopes and How They Work
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of 34 min
6
Mapping the Hydrogen Sky
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of 31 min
7
Tour of the Green Bank Observatory
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of 29 min
8
Tour of the Green Bank Telescope
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of 31 min
9
Hydrogen and the Structure of Galaxies
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of 32 min
10
Pulsars: Clocks in Space
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of 30 min
11
Pulsars and Gravity
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of 31 min
12
Pulsars and the 300-Foot Telescope
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of 32 min
13
The Big Bang: The Oldest Radio Waves
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of 31 min
14
H II Regions and the Birth of Stars
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of 31 min
15
Supernovas and the Death of Stars
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of 32 min
16
Radio Stars and Early Interferometers
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of 30 min
17
Radio Source Counts
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of 31 min
18
Active Galactic Nuclei and the VLA
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of 31 min
19
A Telescope as Big as the Earth
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of 31 min
20
Galaxies and Their Gas
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of 31 min
21
Interstellar Molecular Clouds
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of 32 min
22
Star Formation and ALMA
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of 33 min
23
Interstellar Chemistry and Life
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of 33 min
24
The Future of Radio Astronomy
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of 37 min
25
Three New Discoveries
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of 13 min
